Sunday, April 15, 2012

Daito Ryu Lines

I have been deep in Daito Ryu research. I was curious how many branches there are. I found this incomplete list of the schools/organizations in Japan. I had no idea there were so many.



Daito Ryu Shimbukan
Headed by Katsuyuki Kondo, student of Tokimune Takeda.

Takedaden Daito Ryu Aiki Budo
Headed by the current Masanobu Takeda, son-in-law of Tokimune Takeda.

Daito Ryu Aiki Budo
Headed by Nobuko Yokoyama, daughter of Tokimune Takeda.

Daito Ryu Aiki Jujutsu
Headed by Munemitsu Takeda, great-grandson of Sokaku Takeda.

Nihon Daito Ryu Aiki Budo Daito Kai
Headed by Shigemitsu Kato, student of Tokimune Takeda.

Daito Ryu Bokuyokan
Founded by Katsumi Yonezawa, student of Kodo Horikawa.

Daito Ryu Daibukan
Founded by Kenkichi Ohgami, student of Takuma Hisa.

Daito Ryu Gidokai
Founded by Hideo Hoga, student of Mae Kikutaro and Tokimune Takeda.

Daito Ryu Hakuhokai
Founded by Shogen Okabayashi, student of Takuma Hisa.

Daito Ryu Kodokai
Founded on the teachings of Kodo Horikawa, student of Sokaku Takeda.

Daito Ryu Renshinkan
Headed by Toshimi Matsuda, student of Sokaku Takeda.

Daito Ryu Shofukan
Headed by Ikuo Ota, student of Toshimi Matsuda

Daito Ryu Roppokai
Founded by Seigo Okamoto, student of Kodo Horikawa.

[Daito Ryu of] Sagawa Dojo
Founded by Yukiyoshi Sagawa, student of Sokaku Takeda.

Daito Ryu Senpukai
Headed by Sumiyoshi Yamamoto, student of Sokaku Takeda.

Daito Ryu Shodokai
Headed by Kazuoki Sogawa, student of Hiro Yamashita.

Daito Ryu Shouyoukan
Headed by Shige Ozeki, student of Shogen Okabayashi and Hakaru Mori.

Daito Ryu Tendokai
Headed by Masahiko Terahara, student of Takeshi Maeda and Tetsuo Shima.

Daito Ryu Takumakai
Founded on the teachings of Takuma Hisa, student of Sokaku Takeda.

3 comments:

  1. ... and then there are other offshoots: Hakko-ryu, Yanagi-ryu, Shin'e Taido, and so on.

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    1. But Yanagi Ryu is certainly not an offshoot of Daito Ryu, but a family art of Yoshida.

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